A search committee has been named to help identify the next chancellor of the Indiana University Northwest campus.

Ken Iwama, who had served as IU Northwest’s chancellor since 2020, was named vice president for regional campuses and online education in May 2024. Iwama took the vice president role following the retirement of Susan Sciame-Giesecke, while Vicki Román-Lagunas has been serving as IU Northwest’s interim chancellor.

IU Northwest leads its region in serving the needs of more than 3,000 students. The chancellor exercises broad responsibilities for all aspects of the academic, student, financial, development and administrative dimensions of the urban campus.

One of IU’s executive search partners, Storbeck Search, will conduct the search for the new campus chancellor.

Search committee members are:

• Chair: Mark Canada, IU Kokomo chancellor.
• Bill Allegrezza, professor of English and Chancellor’s Professor of women’s and gender studies.
• Michelle Dickerson, vice chancellor for Finance.
• Deep Govani, Student Government president.
• Marshelia Harris, Bachelor of Social Work Program director and assistant professor of social work.
• Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, associate professor of fine arts.
• Glenn Lauzon, associate professor of Education.
• David Parnell, professor of history.
• Surekha Rao, professor in the School of Business and Economics.
• Maureen Rutherford, chair and associate professor of psychology.
• Crystal Shannon, director of the School of Nursing and dean of the College of Health and Human Services.
• Michael Suggs, chief operating officer for the City of Gary.
• Tameka White, Staff Advisory Committee member, program manager for the Center for Innovation and Scholarship in Teaching and Learning, and IU unit vice president for CWA Local 4818.